Combination tool



Feb. 27, 1934. J SETTLES 1,949,335

COMBINATION TOOL Filed July 2, 1929 Patented Feb. 27, 1934 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

The present invention relates to improvements in combination tools andhas for its principal object to provide a structure that includes a pairof pivotally connected levers having a hammer I head and claws formed onthe pivoted ends of the respective levers, the adjacent portions of thehammer head and claws being constructed to provide a pincherconstruction as well as a means for effectively pulling out staples.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a combinationtool of the above-mentioned character wherein the complementary jawsformed on the inner opposed ends of the hammer head and claws are formedwith opposed notches to facilitate the positioning of the jawsunderneath the head of a nail so that the nail can be pulled out fromthe element into which the same has been driven when the handle portionsof the levers are grasped and actuated.

A further object is to provide a combination tool of the above-mentionedcharacter that is capable of being employed for splicing, twisting andstretching wire.

Another object is to provide a combination tool of the above-mentionedcharacter which is simple in construction, inexpensive, strong anddurable and further well adapted for the purposes for which it isdesigned.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent fromthe following description when taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing.

In the accompanying drawing wherein like reference characters indicatecorresponding parts 35 throughout the same;

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the combination tool embodying myinvention showing the same in use for twisting wire.

Figure 2 is an edge elevation, the hammer head 40 being shown in sectionto more clearly illustrate the manner in which one strand of wire ispositioned around the hammer head and showing the use of the tool in theact of splicing or stretching the wire.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken approximately on the line 33 ofFigure 1.

Figure 4 is a detail view showing the pivotal connection between thecross levers; and

Figure 5 is a detail elevation showing the tool in the act of pulling astaple.

In the drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown thepreferred embodiment of my invention, the numerals 1 and 2 designate apair of elongated levers, the outer ends thereof being disposed inintersecting relation and mer head 5, the same being preferably disposedO0 at right angles with respect to the lever as suggested very clearlyin Figure 1.

Extending laterally from the enlarged portion 6 of the lever 2 is thecurved claw 7, the outer end portion thereof being formed with thelongie5 tudinally extending tapered slot 8 whereby said elementconstitutes a nail puller.

The inner opposed. ends of the hammer head 5 and the claw 7 are formedwith the opposed cut out portions 9 and 10 respectively which I are ofV-shaped formation as suggested very clearly in Figures 1 and 5 of thedrawing.

The outermost sides of the V-shaped cut out portions constitutecomplementary jaws denoted by the reference characters 11 and 12respective- I ly and these jaws taper gradually toward their free edgesand cooperate to provide a pair of pinchers.

Upon referring to Figure 3 of the drawing it will be observed thatsubstantially V-shaped B0 notches 13 and 14 are formed in the opposededges of the complementary jaws 11 and 12 adjacent one side edge wherebyto form the tapered staple pulling jaws 15 and 16 respectively. InFigures 3 and 5 of the drawing there is clearly illustrated the mannerin which the jaws 15 and 16 cooperate to engage a staple that has beendriven into an element and one of the leg portions of the staple will bedisposed within the complementary notches 14 and 15 while the other legof the staple will be disposed adjacent the outer side edges of the jawswith the crown portion of the staple disposed within the notches 9 and10 and when the levers 1 and 2 are grasped together and the tool is usedin the manner as shown in Figure 5, a staple can be readily and easilyremoved or pulled out of its support. The curved claw '7 will act as afulcrum to facilitate the removal of the staple.

The enlarged heads 4 and 6 are further formed with cooperating wirecutting portions shown at 17 in Figure 1. The free end of the lever 1 isslightly curved and is slotted to form a tack puller 18 while the freeend of the complementary lever is constructed to form a screw driver 19.

The hammer head 5 is employed for driving nails, tacks or staples andthis hammer head is formed with a transverse opening 20 to receive oneend of a strand of wire and the hammer head may thus be employed forstretching twisting or 110 splicing wire as suggested in Figures 1 and 2of the drawing. The wire may be wound around the hammer head by rotatingthe combination tool and the wire may be twisted by turning the tool inthe direction of the arrow shown in Figure 1.

It will thus be seen from the foregoing description, that I haveprovided a combination tool that embodies a number of tools in onedevice thereby obviating the necessity of having to carry around anumber of separate difierent tools and the compactness of myconstruction renders the same strong and durable and yet inexpensive inits construction.

While I have shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to beunderstood that minor changes in the size, shape and arrangement ofparts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of theinvention orthe scope of theappended claim.

as f? What I claim is:

In a tool of the character described, a pair of crossed pivoted levers,enlarged extensions rigid with the pivoted ends of the levers, saidextensions being formed with relatively deep opposed V-shaped notchesthat extend outwardly from the meeting edges thereof and across theentire width of the extensions to form cooperating jaws, said jawsbeing, provided'with a single pair of opposed relativelydeep V-shapednotches adjacent one side of the tool to provide the jaws withcooperating relatively wide pincher portions at one side and relativelynarrow elongated stapleextracting portions at the other side having thinstraight contacting edges.

JACOB T. SETTLES.

